In 1980, the tiny country of Iceland did something no other nation had done. They elected a female head of state. BBC chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet travels to Reykjavik to meet Vigdis Finnbogadottir. Now 87, she was president for exactly 16 years and remains the longest-serving elected female head of state of any country to date. "That's what I have given to the girls of this country," she says: "If she can, I can."

Every Monday on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers presents the very best in alt.country, Americana and soul and blues. Tonight Mark says "happy birthday" to Fats Domino, George Thorogood and Johnny Cash, plays new music from Eb and Sparrow's forthcoming album and spins classics from Nina Simone, Jimi Hendrix and Lambchop.